Addressing the elephant in the room

Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts feuding over Judicial Independence

Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday rebuked the President pointing out certain judges on the 9th Circuit are “Obama judges.” President Trump is about fed up with the 9th Circuit court of appeals which is clearly loaded with liberals.

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Trump repeatedly has called out the 9th circuit this time his the court issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from barring migrants who cross into the US illegally from seeking asylum

“It’s a disgrace when every case gets filed in the 9th Circuit,” Trump said as part of a lengthy criticism of the court. “That’s not law. Every case in the 9th Circuit we get beaten and then we end up having to go to the Supreme Court like the travel ban and we won. Every case, no matter where it is, they file is practically, for all intents and purposes, they file it in what’s called the 9th Circuit. This was an Obama judge. I’ll tell you what, it’s not going to happen like this anymore.”

Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have “Obama judges,” and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country. It would be great if the 9th Circuit was indeed an “independent judiciary,” but if it is why……

…..are so many opposing view (on Border and Safety) cases filed there, and why are a vast number of those cases overturned. Please study the numbers, they are shocking. We need protection and security – these rulings are making our country unsafe! Very dangerous and unwise!

Chief Justice John Roberts responded curtly to the President saying we do not have Obama judges or Trump judges.

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” he said in a statement. “What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for.”

Judge Roberts is wrong. We do have Obama, Bush and Trump judges. There is a clear difference between Sotomayor and Kagan Obama appointed Supreme Court judges and Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

And of course President Trump set the Chief Justice straight on Twitter.